[UA] Creepy NPC

[Kevin Elmore]

--- Bryant Durrell <durrell at innocence.com> wrote:
> http://www.nthposition.com/people_whitehead.html
> 
> A nice little interview with a guy who's in the bone
> trade.  And that 
> doesn't mean he's in the business of selling, say, elk
> bones to people
> who want an unusual decoration.
> 

Okay, this is utterly fabulous and wicked cool.  Here's
why:  Put this guy into your next game, especially if it's
a horror game.  Watch the reactions of the players.

At best, it'll be:

"This nut buys and sells bones?  I'll keep an eye on him
and see if he robs graves."

Most likely (depending on how paranoid your players are),
it'll be:

"This crazy-ass psycho buys bones?  I shoot him in the
fucking face before he casts any evil spells on me!"

Then you get to have a fugitive in the party.

One thing I like to do is to give a mostly normal person
some interesting trappings.  Many players immediately think
of him as evil but learn that he's not so bad.  I may have
to throw this into a D&D game.  People will immediately
assume he's a necromancer or something.

Heh, watch The Caveman's Valentine for an idea of how to
portray a subjectively innocent person as totally wonkers.

Kevin

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